Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

The arrest of choreographer Ata Khattab the depth of Israeli fear of Palestinian culture: Threatened  by Cultural Defiance, Israel Throws Dancer in Prison (Electronic Intifada) “Attacks against Muslims are attacks against the Republic” — Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin, “the main sponsor of legislation passing through parliament which the government says is designed to tackle what…

Amidst almost daily human rights violations … Israeli Settlers Take Control of Palestinian Property and Land in East Jerusalem (Middle East Eye) … Israel refuses to recognize the authority of the tribunal, which plans to investigate “war crimes in the Palestinian territories”: Israel to Tell ICC It Does Not Recognise Court’s Authority (WHBL) “What we’re…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian couple, killing the man and wounding his wife with bullets. “They began shooting at us, my husband fell into my lap and was killed”: Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian, Wound Wife After Alleged Attack (Haaretz) After indirect talks at Vienna, the U.S and Iran have agreed to…

Reports state that two groups of settlers beat a Jalud resident with “sticks and rocks”,  to the extent that he required immediate medical attention, then “two Israeli soldiers who reached the scene fired stun grenades at the Jalud residents who came to the Palestinian’s aid”: Settlers Assaulted Palestinian, Israeli Soldiers Dispersed Rescuers, Rights Group Says…

U.S. and its allies started the “illegal, undeclared, and criminal” war against the Yemen. Now, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken calls on “’all parties’ to allow unhindered import and distribution of food and fuel” even as U.S. naval blockade prevents “food and fuel from reaching those 20 million Yemenis”: Yemen’s Blood Is on US Hands…

A U.S federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the JNF and other Zionist lobbies accusing the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) of engaging in “material support for terrorism” over their support for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement: U.S. Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by Jewish National Fund Against Palestinian Rights Nonprofit…

The U.S. claims an “alarming” systematic indoctrination to ISIS ideology is taking place in civilian camps housing “the wives, widows, children and other family members of IS militants” and run by Syrian Kurdish officials: US-Backed Syrian Forces Raid Camp of IS Families, Arrest 9 (AP) As Israeli courts continue to rule in favor of settler…

Even as Muslims raise funds for victims of the Boulder shooting … Muslim Groups Are Raising Money for Colorado Shooting Victims (Washington Post) … the chairman of the Islamic Center of Boulder said that “even though the suspect never set foot in their center, they decided to close their prayer room to keep their members…

It is becoming increasingly clear that Netanyahu must turn to Arab votes to maintain his power: Netanyahu Has No Clear Path to Remain Prime Minister, Official Israeli Election Results Show (Washington Post) A Small Islamist Party Could Decide Benjamin Netanyahu’s Fate (The Guardian) After years of Israeli strikes that have “several dozen Iranian oil tankers,…